Star Search - Drake Sather vs Tommy Davisdon

Tommy Davisdon on Star Search 1988

[@stuvs830]

The suicide joke by Drake Sather... People joke about their truths. Just watched "Zoolander," which Drake wrote with Ben Stiller. Ben lives with Bipolar. The movie also features brilliant work by Owen Wilson, who has has some terrible struggles with Depression. Be kind, we don't know what others are struggling with.

[@andresmendozaondatube]

eerie foreshadowing

[@TomFromJersey]

Oh my God!! I always liked him and had NO idea he died until just now!

[@DudleyLess323]

All these people dissing Drake, sad. You know what they say, speak ill of the dead....

[@fazyt86]

I don't know how Drew Carey beat Drake. But I feel Tommy should have won this one

[@tbone9744]

I agree 100%

[@supafrancis]

So true.. Love Drake and all but that set by Tommy was just plain talent and totally funny

[@jnadle1]

Drake did become a comedy writer for SNL and Newsradio and Tommy had quite a career himself starring on In Living Color.

[@logicellison210]

Wow

[@CybershamanX]

He used several of these bits on Letterman in 87. He was just starting out then, though. Sorry he's gone. 😕

[@Mike-kv5pl]

Was there ANY comic who did not appear on Star Search?

[@Plazman]

Wow, Drake’s closer in this set was also the way he “closed” his real life.

[@erickanew]

Weird

[@classytrashy8141]

So funny everyone who lost in star search is now big time

[@mjrydsfast]

I caught that as well. And Ralphie May on LCS. Remember who beat Destiny's Child? Me neither.

[@classytrashy8141]

MrBrenman21 😎🍷💨💨💨💨💨

[@dlmg5707]

Tommy won that one. Sorry Drake. Dead or alive you lost that one.

[@Headsplinter88]

Let's be honest we all watched this clip just for Drake Sather.

[@LordsofMedia]

Yeah, but I'm really surprised Tommy Davidson didn't win this one. He did really well and I didn't expect the judges to go for the dark comedy. Oh, wait. They didn't.

[@mobid.2084]

Ahhh no, not at all.

[@Andres-is3lj]

Lmao at the black people saying Tommy was funnier. There was nothing fresh about his material nor delivery, no matter the sheer talent of his performance. He didn't lose by much anyway

[@KeithsTVHD1]

Td all day

[@johnrogstad1278]

Should have worked in his infamous "Hey Margorie" bit

[@TomFromJersey]

Wow! I can't believe Drake's hair!!!

[@nomibe2911]

Back in the days when if you were black and made it to Star Search, you got to be on a show.

[@mmeyer1]

Damn its crazy how drake jokes about shooting himself in the head, and that happens to be exactly how he died! :O

[@freddieevans7876]

Drake was more composed!😎

[@SpotterStandUp]

Tommy is good here but still like him better on In Living Color.

[@emergematic9048]

They hated on Tommy his set was too black!

[@randymagnum143]

Especially the part about kung fu movies and elton john.😩

[@JR-hi9bu]

Eh, his material was very performative without especially sharp punchlines to justify it. I can't imagine kung-fu, Elton john and the blues were completely alien to whites

[@TheZayzkidd3]

After reading the comments it seems that Sather could've been something but he wasn't as good as Davidson here... this was a bad decision.

[@gaddyify]

Tommy was funny.

[@ProudAnselmo]

Tommy's funny, but he didn't spend enough of his set telling jokes. He was in the wrong part of the competition to win by singing well.

[@queen_of_domination]

Tommy Davidson was funnier IMHO

[@digitalxtremetelevision7724]

So awesome the Drake won this competition because I don't know who Drake is. Tommy Davidson is the one who became famous.

[@ThisIsErdoS]

That Kung fu sketch was verbatim in an episode of the Cosby show, but it wasn't him doing it. Hm...

[@drummingdanny84]

It was Don Reed who, like Tommy, did the Kung Fu impression and appeared on Robert Townsend's comedy special in 1988.

[@LordsofMedia]

Wasn't the Kung Fu thing ripped off from Police Academy?

[@sniperjay0916]

That's ok star search is like America Idol...you know! But God don't like ugly That's why Tommy is A household name not Brian I mean Craig,oops Drake!

[@L_Valentino]

Drake killed himself in 2004 🤯🔫 i guess that's why they call them the blues

[@ridetube66]

he recycled the same jokes countless times

[@G.b._esq]

Tommy got robbed

[@Goodforyouman]

Drake...not funny. Tommy Davidson...funny!

[@micka26]

That sucked. Tommy clearly won. Drake made me laugh once. Tommy had me laughing the whole time

[@mjrydsfast]

Proof positive to never give up. Other greats besides Tommy who took second place were Ralphie May and Destiny's Child. Where are Dat Phan and the obscure boy band that beat Beyonce and crew? Probably hanging out with Pretty Boy Floyd somewhere on Koval in Vegas.

[@randymagnum143]

On Tuesdays they have lunch behind the dumpster at Denny's with bushman.